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Idea: Romero & JPA to Texas?

Hey all

Just read this on tsn.ca:

I don't know if Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News knows something we don't know or if it is just wishful thinking. He is still predicting Ricky Romero and J.P Arencibia will be in Texas by the time the season starts. He also believes the Rangers can land Zach Greinke and Nick Swisher.

Personally I am far from ready to give up on Ricky. He should bounce back, I think he was putting to much pressure on himself with all the injuries.Trying to be to perfect or maybe it was his injury.Before last year his career ERA was 3.60.

I like JPA too. Not too sure why everyone wants too trade him. JPA was a 20 hr 80 RBI guy in his first 2 seasons in the league. All while concentrating on his defence. I think its a pretty good bet that JPA will hit for a better average (250+) in the future and hit 25+HR's and 80+RBI's. JPA seems tough and Durable.What scares me about D'arnaud is his health, not sure if he can stand up behind the plate.If we move a catcher i would trade D'arnaud. Maybe at the Deadline for King Felix?

I like JPA, too. There's a reason he has like 113,000 followers on Twitter -- he's popular. He's embraced the team, the city and the fans better than any current professional athlete in Toronto in my opinion. d'Arnaud would probably fetch more on the market simply because he's been so hyped up lately.

I want both of them though. Can't we just convert JPA to 1B or something?

I like JPA, too. There's a reason he has like 113,000 followers on Twitter -- he's popular. He's embraced the team, the city and the fans better than any current professional athlete in Toronto in my opinion. d'Arnaud would probably fetch more on the market simply because he's been so hyped up lately.

I want both of them though. Can't we just convert JPA to 1B or something?

JPA is a likable player, but hes good at nothing in particular. As Twitchy pointed out in another thread, hes below average offensively as a catcher (ranks 20th in the league once you adjust for park factors). If you move him to first, he will be one of the worse first basemen in the game as they have the greatest offensive output compared to any other position. His value only lies in being a catcher. d'Arnaud is above average defensively, and has been a lot better offensively throughout his minor league career when compared to Arencibia. Only way they both exist on this team is if Arencibia is the backup catcher

I like JPA, too. There's a reason he has like 113,000 followers on Twitter -- he's popular. He's embraced the team, the city and the fans better than any current professional athlete in Toronto in my opinion. d'Arnaud would probably fetch more on the market simply because he's been so hyped up lately.

I want both of them though. Can't we just convert JPA to 1B or something?

113 000 followers on twitter! Wow, that must make him like, the besteses!

If anything I think we have a base already in place and AA is probably trying to push to get more or waiting until the winter meetings are over to see what the best offer he'll get will be out of desperation.

But I still feel Romero can fetch us a lot more if he's traded to the Royals because we can be good trading partners.